Good evening. In another serIous escalatIon in the Middle East, iran has launched Missile Attacks against israel on the very same day that israel began a Ground InvasIon against hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. A few hours ago, sirens sounded across the country and israelis were told to take refuge in bomb shelters, as explosIons lit up the night sky. Israel has said that this attack will have consequences, whilst the iranian government said that if israel retaliated, its response would be, in its words, crushing and ruinous. The Israeli Defense Forces say that around 180 missilies were launched towards israel this evening. Warning sirens sounded at around 5 30pm, and explosIons were soon heard. The missiles were fired across huge swathes of israel, including its largest city Tel Aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. Our correspondent Jon Donnison is there. You had to seek shelter there when the missiles were fired a few hours ago. That is right. Four and a half hours ago, us, like millIons of
On october eighth, in support of hamas, and the two sides have exchanged fire since then. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports from lebanon on the children caught up in israel s bombardments. A warning you may find elements of this report distressing. Firefighters rushing to another air strike. This one in nabatieh. They carry out the wounded. Not fighters, but children. Israel says it s targeting hezbollah sites. But it s bombing many residential areas. How old are you? he asks. Three fingers are raised. A young generation, now threatened by a war that has already killed at least 50 children this week, like the members of this family, who died together in a strike in beirut. Ali, jalal, fatima and farra, all gone. And iman and talia nasser, who took their last breaths together, also killed by israel s bombardment. But some have made it to safety, having run for their lives. My name is mehdi ahmad and my years old is ten years old. And what has been happening in
Period between the two sides since 2006. Hezbollah began a campaign against israel on october 8 in support of hamas, and the two sides have exchanged fire since then. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from lebanon on the children caught up in israel s bombardments. Awarning you may find elements of this report distressing. Firefighters rushing to another air strike. This one in nabatieh. They carry out the wounded. Not fighters, but children. Israel says it s targeting hezbollah sites. But it s bombing many residential areas. How old are you? he asks. Three fingers are raised. A young generation, now threatened by a war that has already killed at least 50 children this week, like the members of this family, who died together in a strike in beirut. Ali, jalal, fatima and farra all gone. And iman and talia nasser who took their last breaths together, also killed by israel s bombardment. But some have made it to safety, having run for their lives. My name
Of hamas, and the two sides have exchanged fire since then. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports from lebanon on the children caught up in israel s bombardments. A warning you may find elements of this report distressing. Firefighters rushing to another air strike. This one in nabatieh. They carry out the wounded. Not fighters, but children. Israel says it s targeting hezbollah sites. But it s bombing many residential areas. How old are you? he asks. Three fingers are raised. A young generation, now threatened by a war that has already killed at least 50 children this week, like the members of this family, who died together in a strike in beirut. Ali, jalal, fatima and farra, all gone. And iman and talia nasser, who took their last breaths together, also killed by israel s bombardment. But some have made it to safety, having run for their lives. My name is mehdi ahmad and my years old is ten years old. And what has been happening in the last two days? you had to
So, what do we know about hezbollah s capabilities . Bbc verify s Nawal Al Maghafi has more. Wednesdays attack by hezbollah is believed to be the first time ever that a ballistic missile from the armed group has been launched towards tel aviv. Let me take you through the details of the attack and why it symbolises such a significant escalation. This video, filmed from eastern tel aviv, was posted around 6. 1i0am on Social Media and it shows the moments after the single surface to Air Missile was intercepted by israel using its Air Defence system. This white plume of smoke is where the missile had been intercepted. There were no casualties or injuries reported as a result of the attack. In a statement, hezbollah confirmed that it launched the missile. It said it was targeting the headquarters of israels intelligence agency, mossad, which it believes is in this location, north of tel aviv. Hezbollah also said that mossad was responsible for assassinating leaders and blowing up pagers and